Assign varaible to html outside of <?php ?>

**ShadowUnseen** · Oct 8, 2007, 01:51

Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to do something like this:

PHP Code:


<html>

<?php

var =

?>

<lots of html>

<?php

;

?>

Is there something like that, that will work?
Since I know you can wrap html inside of while(){} structures...

Thanks

**taufeeq** · Oct 8, 2007, 02:09

it is not possible in php because after assign operator php looks for the value and value should be either integer,string,char,array or object with terminator ";" at end like that
$var = '<lots of html>';
so if you want to wrap html code inside php you should write it in string format by using single or double quotes around it

**stereofrog** · Oct 8, 2007, 02:12

Originally Posted by ShadowUnseen

Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to do something like this:

PHP Code:


<html>

<?php

var =

?>

<lots of html>

<?php

;

?>

Is there something like that, that will work?

No, but you can use heredocs or output buffering:

PHP Code:


<?php



ob_start();

?>

<lots of html>

<?php



$var = ob_get_clean();

**Raju Gautam** · Oct 8, 2007, 02:57

And if you want to remain the HTML in the screen and get the buffer contents in a variable then do like this:

PHP Code:


<?php
ob_start();
?>
<html tags>
<?php
$var = ob_get_contents();

**Jake Arkinstall** · Oct 8, 2007, 03:04

Or, if there is ALOT of HTML, you could store it in a separate file. Then, use something like:

PHP Code:


<?

$var = file_get_contents("lotsofhtml.html");

?>

**ShadowUnseen** · Oct 8, 2007, 06:12

hhmm ok thanks for all your replies

I've thought of another method that works for me, since all I want to do is place the html in a seperate place to where it is defined. I used the following:

PHP Code:


<?php
function get_html(){
?>
<html>
<?php
}
?>

**taliesinnz** · Oct 8, 2007, 20:05

Try

PHP Code:


<?

$string = <<<ENDOFSTRING 

<html>

<head>

<title></title>

</head>

<body>

.

.

.

</body>

</html>

ENDOFSTRING;  

?>

**Raju Gautam** · Oct 8, 2007, 21:10

Originally Posted by ShadowUnseen

hhmm ok thanks for all your replies

I've thought of another method that works for me, since all I want to do is place the html in a seperate place to where it is defined. I used the following:

PHP Code:


<?php

function get_html(){

?>

<html>

<?php

}

?>

That's also not the bad idea. Depends on your requirement.

**Jake Arkinstall** · Oct 9, 2007, 01:12

However, it cannot be used if you want to modify it or use it in any way, other than echoing it.

**ShadowUnseen** · Oct 9, 2007, 01:18

True, and it also gets really annoying when you try to pass variables contained within it, to other functions

The buffer output works really well

**Jake Arkinstall** · Oct 9, 2007, 01:41

But again, I would find it better to put the HTML in a separate file - that way it's easier to manage, the PHP script looks tidier, and you can put it all into a variable through file_get_contents()

**Raju Gautam** · Oct 9, 2007, 01:57

Originally Posted by arkinstall

But again, I would find it better to put the HTML in a separate file - that way it's easier to manage, the PHP script looks tidier, and you can put it all into a variable through file_get_contents()

If someone wanna have some dynamic variables in between the HTML, then it will not allow if they save in a separate file. So it is better to have in the same file and ob_get_contents() or ob_get_clean().

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